documentation/content/en/methods/proofs.md

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title: proofs API methods description: For use by identity providers. menu: docs:

weight: 100
name: proofs
parent: methods
identifier: methods-proofs

aliases: [ "/methods/proofs", "/api/methods/proofs", "/methods/accounts/proofs",

]

{{< hint style="danger" >}} Deprecated\ Identity proofs have been deprecated in 3.5.0 and newer. Previously, the only proof provider was Keybase, but development on Keybase has stalled entirely since it was acquired by Zoom. {{< /hint >}}

(REMOVED) View identity proofs {#get}

GET /api/proofs HTTP/1.1

Returns: custom response defined by provider\ OAuth: Public\ Version history:\ 2.8.0 - added

Request

Query parameters

provider : String. The identity provider to be looked up. Currently only supports keybase (case-sensitive).

username : String. The username on the selected identity provider.

Response

200: OK

Looking up the username "gargron" via the "keybase" provider

{
  "avatar": "https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/000/001/original/d96d39a0abb45b92.jpg",
  "signatures": [
    {
      "sig_hash": "5cfc20c7018f2beefb42a68836da59a792e55daa4d118498c9b1898de7e845690f",
      "kb_username": "gargron"
    }
  ]
}

404: Not found

No identity proof found for username on provider

{
  "error": "Record not found"
}

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See also

{{< caption-link url="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/17045" caption="Remove Keybase integration (#17045)" >}}